New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-07

BY BUFFALO BILL.


I am ucrfecuy well aware that lOr a man TO boast
of his own iruWess Is not dIennIed ana more csp"c
ialy Is trls Tue when LIat man occupies some
whas prominent position, however lobPOIaliS' poaoac
"a lubiic nItnerlo unac4uIhtu WIN his PAST e"i0'i'
uue W reminiscent "a man must hatu"ly fe,ei "
incidents In mat career MhlcA nave a5s4s.0u nm W
n,taIn tuas IrOlninene LOsuOn, ana mat Is why On
tins occasion / reier " my mss dead ihAa- lhis
much being granted, nave uehionsu@'eu poSonu
dsvuto tlaG / am not prompted ny any feelings %
VANITY wnen sand Ooiolo tlon bicny sAe'chihs tLe
ou,n,ies OF my NOT uncNenuul career III the NiIu
Ne, which Will | think. lie own merits compare
faVoraUiy with any biography hitnefVo "iiIVeh
would iuther stauo thal ia DIOny detailing Tue Out
lines O, my lasa career, Iey cnuiey on the tae's
10 wnlcn / refer, and not On any Claims "hch in@s
or may Lot possess III DU.hs tDo MASTER VI any i"A
llculas stslo "a merit Or the reverse. -
was III February, lo4o In INC SlaCe Vi IOWA
neeu nos 10 deIalo respecting n'y lairiy' ahG
can dismiss my youth briefly Wy saying that wnen
vas not ON q horse was Just Ueis thio"h vi osio'
/ soon became a pretty small l"eI' anu Iis li"o'
with a gun was pretty good TOO was tWeiNe years
old when 4 allied my INST lndidn. II AapPchpu rain
er sud- 1 was walAins out by thc rNe V i ne,i
Fors Kearncy, ono nieht about 10 cioCl' MS eoiI
paIions had got on ahead somehow, anu Ma' qui'o
alone. when looAins W toward the blai eoIueldnS
tho river 4 saw, Illuminated by the moon, the hedu
and shoulders OF live Indian, watching nc Win on,
dens Interest Now had heard many stories Oh t cue
dones OF tho red men, and had also Decn IAcalcaNu
with q thorough uistrust OF the ways; SO, quichIy
coming 10 conclusion Us to what should 90,
brought my gun 10 my shoulder, ana aiming ae tAI
head fired. Tho report sounded louder than usual
in tho silence OF the night for was past 10 oloo
and was followed Dy war wEoOp such as cCuiu OHy
he built up by Indian, ami the next instant OVci
six feet Oh dead Indian cane down splash INTO thc
Iiyc:. 49,
soon after tits went TO business. took 10 the
plains and in the employ vi McsSrs Russell and SNIP
son, learned the linus ana outs Oh Tie VIVA iIo
led With horses catCe7lINi ing teams riding ca
press ponies, and getting 10 Enow the lahu' AIMING
other things, 1 somehow found out how to hunt
buffalo, q sort second 30 none II you know how. l
,bail never forget the faces o I'VE officers met on
mo prairie once, now many years ago Ihey were
tftcr herd VI buiia.o. 80 was l. We eAchahseo
yiews. | eayo them my ideas, they gave NO their
sympathy. You surely don expect ~ catch Duhaio
With that Gothic sted," san they.
II am going 10 Try" i saIo
"You II never do it, man alive" laid the captain
SIT wants q last horse 10 oNertaAo DuIdio'
"Does Il Z" respond
ayes but you can come with u.s. IL you like"
And / did nhc. ILcIo were eleven bulaiOs III the
acrd aud white tie onicers rode straight at them,
lsa led thc leaders aHu cot up 10 tnen Win ease
was lho famous Brigham, VINO hne~ as much ABOUT
tho sport Is did; ho sleedly did his part Oh the
business. a few Jumps brought Us up " Inc AeTu.
Raising 'LGcicua B0rsia,' my trusty weapon,
aimed III the FIRST animal. fred ana brought MN uowh
Brigham like tho IDEAL animal that he was, carrying.
rapidly up W the neat brute, not ten feet away
and, when l had dropped him, bounded ON 10 the
next, and 50 until had sIain tho whole eleven
animals and then my horse stopped. disnouht1
TO regard my work with a feeling OF satisfaction.
Those officers rode up shortly, and shall never for
get their expression as they surveyed the work vi
i've minutes lying around
My horse Br CHAM was an exceptionally intelligent
brute lie took tho kccncst delight sport, and liz
Nasl Ably took pains to aid mo In getting game All
he expected Of was 10 90 the shooting. The rest
was his @orh. lie would always stop II the buffalo
did not ian at the first shot, TO give me second
chance; but II did not bring him down then, he
would 20 on disgusted
Is In 1867 that the Kansas Pacific track wa.
In tho buffalo country, and the company was EN-
ploying over 200 men In the making Of the road
The Inlsna were vxy troublesome, and 1t NO